We found a cache of rare Aboriginal artefacts, telling a story of trade and ingenuity
- Written by Yinika L. Perston, Research Fellow, Griffith University
About 170 years ago, a bundle of stone tools was deliberately buried, or “cached”, near a waterhole in far-west Queensland and never recovered. Why?
Our team’s investigation of this extremely rare site has revealed a long story of Indigenous trade and innovation in the Australian outback.
The bundle
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